1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes famicivorus Hastings Reservation 14 January 1010. 4 birds seen flushing from Lower Barn area. 18 January 1620. ♀️/Drk #322 seen. Birds flying back and forth between the barn and the canyon alongside the old county road up by the Davis'. 15 February 1515. Watching. 1530. ⚫♀️ or / light. #16 in locusts. ⚫♂️ub in same area working stores. 1545. ⚫♂️ M./W/BLK-or #322. 1600. Leaving: 5 March 1545. ⚫♀️ or / #16 here. 1555. ⚫♂️ yellow / #322. ⚫♂️ub in the far locust with another bird. 7 March This group does still have stores in the locust trees at the barn. 2 April 1655. ⚫♀️ or/W/ LP #16 here; also ⚫♂️ M./ #322 and a 3rd bird. 4 April 1000. 4 birds (!) definitely all sitting in the perch tree up on the knoll. Either ⚫♂️261 lives or there are 2 ub ⚫♂️ here after all or I'm either more confused than I'd thought. 1010. ⚫♀️16 now by Lower Barn. 1017. ⚫♂️ub. Now ⚫♂️ DB-LP/DB #261 over on other side of barn, then flew to front where the others are. He is still here. There are acorns remaining here in the Black locust. 20 April 600. Finally ambushed the birds here, getting 3/4 - all except #261, who I saw later on (see beyond for comments on the roosting behavior of these birds) Once again, in a virtually identical fashion to the catching of Ploque last week, by the time I stepped back